Comments on: Overstock denies shipping problems

Online retailer says growth in number of orders it processes, not any business issues, triggered FTC inquiry.

It's about time Overstock was investigated

To make a long story short, the movie we ordered in mid-November was mispacked, and we spent literally 60 hours with the company -even after shipping back the mispacked movie- trying to get them to 1) not charge us for the return, 2) get the correct movie shipped to us, and 3) get it shipped a little faster than their 10-day timeframe.

We received the movie and some apologies - but barely a credit - in mid February. Even after escalating it to the office of the VP, which no one internally could or would do. And even then it took 3 ADDITIONAL WEEKS.

3 MONTHS LATE AND 80+ HOURS TOTAL WITH IGNORANT CUSTOMER SERVICE REPS, OR "APOLOGETIC" REPS WHO WERE POWERLESS TO DO ANYTHING.

We will report this to the FTC now and hadn't thought of it before. Overstock obviously cannot keep their recordkeeping straight and does not care for customer satisfaction.

Overstock.com's questionable policies

Two times over the period of one year I went onto
the overstock.com's website and found a watch that I
wanted to purchase. In both instances, by the time I went to
purchase the watch it had gone up in price substantially.
The first time I began a heated e-mail volley with the
"customer service" representatives and even sent pictures
of the lower price (on the intro pages of the site) followed
by the +40% price a few clicks later. The rep's were of no
help whatsoever and kept replying with stock answers, that
had little to do with what I had written, and usually a day
later.
It took me one whole year to get the bad taste out of my
mouth and go back to the site. And lo' and behold! The
same exact thing happened!
Although I was a repeat client before the first watch fiasco,
after what happened the second time I knew that I would
never, ever shop there again. I'm delighted to hear that
their practices are being investigated.

I'm sorry I didn't see this article before I ordered

I just went through a two week odeal dealing with Overstock's so called Customer Support. They didn't ship half of my order and finally admitted it after two weeks. When I wanted to return the one item, a suitcase, because without the other three matching pieces I didn't want it, I had to pay the shipping charges and a restocking fee.

And to think this site proudly displays the VerSign, BizRate, and BBB logos.

Ditto

I ordered from Overstock on February 27th and was sent a tracking # that fedex said was only an electronic lable. It is now March 24th and still no package and Overstock is supposedly researching the issue. I want my refund yesterday!!

[Archdavis]

Ditto Ditto

I ordered three pieces and only got one full piece. I am waiting
for box b, I got a and c for one piece and the other piece is a
complete mystery because I have no instructions or hardware. I
was promised a 2 to 4 day turn around but of course, I haven't
heard a word. This has been going on for a month now and
truly, I will not order anything else even if it is less costly.

Overstock Uses Cust Service as an Excuse for Poor Performance

I placed an order for a mattress pad less than a month ago. I failed to order the correct option and didn't pick up my mistake until I printed the receipt for order. I caught the mistake a minute after placing the order and immediately called Overstocks (OS) customer service to see if they would change the order. They refused to change the order and refused to cancel. I escalated with each customer service rep that said they could not cancel the order. I must have escalated five or six times until I got one person on the line that said they could manually stop the picking/shipping process. Three days later I called back to make sure that happened. The person answering the phone assured me that after great effort the order was cancelled, even though it didn?t say so on their website. Two days later the box arrived at my door.
I am now engaged with them trying to return the thing at their expense. They keep telling me that a shipping label is being sent to me. I call every other day and the person answering the phone says that nothing has been done and they will send the label. Nothing still. And now their website says my time to return the item has expired.
That?s it. A $130 mistake is the last I will make with them.
Don?t go there!